The winter months are upon us. The grills are put away for the season, the holidays have passed, and Columbusites everywhere are preparing for the inevitable and depressing gray days that lie ahead. Alas, it…

Piccadilly Circus is a public gathering place where five streets come together to organize London’s chaotic West End. Piccadilly Modern Play and Creative Café in Bexley on East Main is a cheerful space where the…

The appeal of spring, summer and fall vegetables, with their bright colors and light textures, is an undeniable sign of freshness and bounty. Winter veggies stored away in a root cellar? Less romantic. But that…

On Parsons Avenue, there’s a new guilt-free way to enjoy your next meal. Preserving the idea of connecting over food and repurposing the globe at a grassroots level, Comune savors the necessity of a plant-based…

Food is a family affair for the Woodhouse family. Every week, sisters Cara, Nicole and Krista and their mother, Carla, whip up plant-based comfort food in the tiny kitchen of Oddfellows Liquor Bar for dozens…

It’s been a wild three years for Omar D’Angelo, owner of Barroluco Argentine. In late June of 2016, D’Angelo announced he would be opening up his food truck, which would specialize in dishes like empanadas,…

If you’ve not yet made your way over the river and through downtown to experience what Franklinton has to offer, you’re missing out! It’s like grandma’s house, but with a better cocktail selection. Heck, you…

New combinations of well-recognized foods. It’s what people first notice about The Table, a farm to table restaurant owned by Chef Sangeeta Lahkini devoted to local flavors and sustainability. The Table, which had its five…

Let’s be honest. You’re probably better off not knowing what happens behind the scenes in most restaurants. But sometimes you should. And that’s the case with Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, whose bona fide empire of Columbus-based…

Ritzy’s, the iconic bygone burger chain, whose growing pains led to its near-extinction in the late ’80s, has reclaimed Columbus territory and resumed flipping patties just like the old days; only this time, the second…

I’m sure the Wonder Twins are good people individually, but the magic happens when they activate. That’s what these mashups are about: taking already awesome local favorites to extra by pairing them with new friends….

When I first moved to Columbus a decade ago, it seemed like every six-to-nine months a new, exciting restaurant would open. Oh, how times have changed. With a slew of new and exciting gastropubs, microbrewers,…

It’d be easy to hear a handful of quotes from Veritas owner/chef Josh Dalton and get the wrong idea. A rigid ideology. Fiercely-trained specs on quality control. A less-than-light dusting of profanity lacing his passionate,…

Microgreens are the original petite cuisine. Dainty and delicate atop any dish, served at some of the most revered restaurants in Columbus, the highfalutin alternative to salad or sprouts might have an unlikely source. Drew…

BBQ eel parisian gnocchi! Za’atar biscuits! Moroccan tomato jam! If you show up at The Market Italian Village’s No Menu Mondays, you don’t really get to hear Tyler Minnis yell out his adventurous concoctions in…

Editor’s Note: I drove hours over roads snaking through green hills to join the Teters on their Six Buckets farm for the assignment of attending their butchery class. The couple, along with their three daughters,…

“So, it’s a bakery that sells sushi?” “It’s not a bakery—it has everything.” I overheard this conversation between an obviously first-time customer, and their more experienced friend as I sat at a table at Corner…

There’s a line forming at Cream & Sugar, in Columbus’s Hilltop neighborhood, but the owner and her crew are working fast, elbow-to-elbow, to serve Coney dogs, paired with slushies and $1 soft serve. Kids seated…

Living with a gluten intolerance means sacrificing warm and gooey chocolate chip cookies, my mom’s mouth-melting dark chocolate cake and everything bagels smothered in cream cheese, all for the sake of a happy and functioning…

Harvey & Ed’s brings noshes and nostalgia to Short North. If an upscale deli sounds like a half-baked idea, you obviously haven’t been to Harvey & Ed’s. The latest creation from Cameron Mitchell Restaurants combines…

Can’t-miss concept alights on oft-missed downtown site. The recent history of 185 North High Street is well-documented. For quite a long time, the southwest corner of High and Spring was a Wendy’s. The Columbus mainstay…

Forget the mealy ones you’ve been eating and try the real deal. If you’re buying your peaches at the grocery store—you’re doing it wrong. At least, that’s what Stephen Rose, founder of The Peach Truck…

High Bank plants new flag in Grandview. About seven years ago, I tried out for a made-for-television cooking competition. I showed up in Chicago on a Sunday morn, smelly and surly and wearing my clothes…